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Black Monday: Edward III vows to end the wars[/caption]
In the year 1360, Edward III marches on Paris (Apr 5), but a freak hail storm devastates his army on Black Monday (Apr 13), Edward III gives then up his claim to the French throne in return for Calais & Gascony (Oct 24), King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark reconquers Scania, Sweden’s since 1332, Muhammed VI overthrows his brother-in-law as King of Granada (in present-day Spain), but is shortly after overthrown by the former king, Muhammed V - and all these fine people were born:
1360-xxxx Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici* banker/founder of the Medici Bank and of the Medici dynasty of Florence - Florence, Republic of Florence (1429/69) 1360-0108 Ulrich von Jungingen* Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights - Hohenfels Castle, Stockach (1410/49) 1360-0331 Philippa of Lancaster* Queen of Portugal by marriage to King John I - Leicester Castle, Leicester, England (1415/55) 1360-0624 Nuno Álvares Pereira* general/mystic canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 - Portugal (1431/70) 1361-0226 Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia* King - Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (1419/58) 1362 Individual post 1363-0702 Maria of Sicily* Queen of Sicily - Catania, Kingdom of Sicily (1401/37) 1364 Individual post 1365-0127 Edward of Angoulême* heir to the English throne - Château d’Angoulême, France (1370/5) 1366-0511 Anne of Bohemia* Queen of England by marriage to King Edward II - Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (1394/28) 1367-0106 Richard II of England* King of England (1377-1399) - Bordeaux, Duchy of Aquitaine (1400/33) 1368-0214 Sigismund of Luxembourg* Holy Roman Emperor - Nuremberg, Kingdom of Germany (1437/69) In the year 1369, the French burn Portsmouth, and the English raid Picardy and Normandy as the Hundred Years War goes on (Sep), Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms, the Mongol conqueror Timur names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire - and all these fine people were born: 1369-0528 Muzio Sforza* military leader/founder of the Milanese Sforza dynasty - Cotignola, Italy (1424/54) Updated 7.7.2022 Search for another year here Sources: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/black-monday-deadly-14th-century-hailstorm-killed-over-1000-soldiers-and-6000-horses-008507